Fwd: [OS X TeX] GS help?

[Ross Moore]

> Well, I just tried to send this through... let me if you would look at  
> an example file, besides my query below.

Well, firstly, your files may have a line-ending problem.
(but I don't think this is the real problem, see below)

This mess (from below):

%!PS-Adobe-2.0=20EPSF-1.2=0D%%BoundingBox:=20125=203=20473=20426=0D=
%%HiResBoundingBox:=20125.938=203.1875=20472.25=20425.938=0D%%Creator: 

should look more like:


%!PS-Adobe-2.0=20EPSF-1.2=0D
%%BoundingBox:=20125=203=20473=20426=0D=
%%HiResBoundingBox:=20125.938=203.1875=20472.25=20425.938=0D
%%Creator: 

The =0D represents a \r (carriage-return)
rather than a unix \n (new-line) character.
So first open your Mathematica graphics in BBedit and resave
as Unix, rather than Mac.
Then try the ps2pdf route again.

If that doesn't work, then maybe the Mathematica fonts
are not included. That's what this seems to be saying:
 (after cleaning up the encoding for email attachment)

%%DocumentNeededResources: font Math1
%%+ font Times-Italic
%%+ font Courier
%%+ font Times-Roman
%%DocumentSuppliedResources: 
%%DocumentNeededFonts: Math1
%%+ Times-Italic
%%+ Courier
%%+ Times-Roman
%%DocumentSuppliedFonts:
%%DocumentFonts: Math1
%%+ Times-Italic
%%+ Courier
%%+ Times-Roman
%%EndComments 

The Mathematica font Math1 is needed, but not supplied in the .eps.
Without it, you will not get GS to convert the file properly anyway.
So you must either find the way to make Mathematica include all the fonts
when it makes the .eps file, else send the publishers the .eps files
(without fonts) and tell them to find the necessary resources and do
the conversion.
It won't be the first time that they have encountered such problems.

 
> Thanks,
> Ted
> 
> >> I also tries using MacGhostViewX, but again I am lost.
> >>
> >> My immediate problem is this-
> >> I was sent the following from an user of OS 9.2.2:
> >>>> I need to convert the attached five .eps files (made with
> >>>> Mathematica) to tiff in a hurry for a journal. I have tried using
> >>>> MacGSView, but it keeps giving me a PostScript error (and no other
> >>>> option but "Abort"). Do you think you could possibly convert the

 Missing font, perhaps ?

> >>>> files for me, if this is something you're set up to do, or otherwise
> >>>> tell me how I can achieve said result?

> >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> >> Content-Type: application/postscript;
> >> 	x-mac-creator=4F4D4547;
> >> 	x-unix-mode=0644;
> >> 	x-mac-type=45505346;
> >> 	name="Figure1.eps"
> >>
> >> %!PS-Adobe-2.0=20EPSF-1.2=0D%%BoundingBox:=20125=203=20473=20426=0D=
> >> %%HiResBoundingBox:=20125.938=203.1875=20472.25=20425.938=0D%%Creator: 
> >> =20=
> >
> >> (Mathematica=204.0=20for=20Macintosh)=0D%%CreationDate:=20(Sunday,=20=
> >> September=2029,=202002)=20(11:47:38)=0D%%Title:=20Clipboard=0D=
> >> %%DocumentNeededResources:=20font=20Math1=0D%%+=20font=20Times- 
> >> Italic=0D=
> >> %%+=20font=20Courier=0D%%+=20font=20Times-Roman=0D=
> >> %%DocumentSuppliedResources:=0D%%DocumentNeededFonts:=20Math1=0D%%+=20 
> >> =
> >> Times-Italic=0D%%+=20Courier=0D%%+=20Times-Roman=0D=
> >> %%DocumentSuppliedFonts:=0D%%DocumentFonts:=20Math1=0D%%+=20Times- 
> >> Italic=0
> > D=
> >> %%+=20Courier=0D%%+=20Times-Roman=0D%%EndComments=0D/ 
> >> MISOfy=0D{=0D=20=20=2
> > 0=
> >> =20/newfontname=20exch=20def=0D=20=20=20=20/ 
> >> oldfontname=20exch=20def=0D=0D
> > =


Hope this helps,

	Ross Moore


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